MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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